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ca. 1945
GUSN-13379
Full length black nylon velvet coat; ivory silk satin lining with interlining of wool batting; long full sleeves tapered at wrist with pointed cuff; overlapping closure - one black velvet button, with velvet loop and ties at neck, and one velvet button and loop at waist; pocket in lining on left side; gored sides.
coats (garments)
outerwear
stitching
machine-made
nylon
satin
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
Coat
Women's clothing
Velvet
Nylon
Silk
Satin
Hand Stitched
Coat
Woven label (large rectangular label with woman's profile in heptagonal shape): ""C. Crawford Hollidge/LTD./Boston.""
Crawford Hollidge Ltd. (Maker)
Boston
Gift of Richard Thornton Fisher, Anne Fisher Tatlock, Faith Fisher Forbes, Charles Paine Fisher and John Bryant Fisher
1990.362
Massachusetts (United States)
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